Lifelong Learning, Lifelong Impact.

Evergreen Porch Pots

This hands-on class will provide participants with the opportunity to design and assemble a decorative container using a variety of fresh evergreen boughs, natural accents, and seasonal embellishments. Participants will leave with a completed porch pot and the confidence to create seasonal containers in the future. 

Jo Daviess County: 1:30 p.m. at the Jo Daviess County Extension Office, 204 N. Vine Street, Elizabeth, IL 61028
Stephenson County: 6:00 p.m. at the Lena Community Center, 497 Lions Drive, Lena, IL 61048

Heart Healthy Living

Topics will include understanding heart disease, heart-healthy eating, physical activity, managing stress, quality sleep, setting realistic goals for long-term heart health, and understanding cholesterol and dietary fat. Participants will receive practical wellness strategies and heart-healthy recipes to try at home.

Sessions will be held from 1–3 p.m. at Midwest Medical Center.

Dried Flower Bouquets

During this program, Master Gardener volunteer Karen will walk participants through how to create a beautiful dried flower arrangement of their own using native and prairie plants and grasses that we can all grow in our home landscapes! Participants will go home with their bouquets and a knowledge of what plants they may already have growing that they can use for future bouquets or what they may want to try planting to use in the future as well as tips and tricks for making an eye appealing bouquet.